Key Stage 4 - GCSE mathematics

Welcome booklet

Linear 1MA0 (year 10)
Year 10 Units 1 & 2 (GCSE 2014 cohort) (draft 4 – last edited 29th September 2012)

weeks	date	unit	description
y09 wk 33 & 34	13 Jun 2012
y09 wk 35 & 36	27 Jun 2012
y09 wk 37 & 38	04 Jul 2012	GCSE N1	integers, decimals, reals

y10 wk 01	03 Sep 2012		Expectations, Targets
y10 wk 02 & 03	10 Sep 2012	GCSE N2	properties of numbers and laws of indices
y10 wk 04 & 05	24 Sep 2012	GCSE GM1	introduction to angles and angle facts
y10 wk 06 & 07	08 Oct 2012	GCSE N3	fractions and ratio
y10 wk 08 & 09	29 Oct 2012	GCSE A1	manipulating algebra
y10 wk 10 & 11	12 Nov 2012	GCSE SP1	probability
y10 wk 12 & 13	26 Nov 2012	GCSE GM2	perimeter, area, volume & surface area
y10 wk 14	10 Dec 2012	GCSE A2	sequences & linear graphs
y10 wk 15	17 Dec 2012	GCSE GM2F	'baubles' project

y10 wk 16 & 17	07 Jan 2013	GCSE N4	percentages & proportional reasoning
y10 wk 18 & 19	21 Jan 2013	GCSE SP2	collecting and displaying data
y10 wk 20 & 21	04 Feb 2013	GCSE N5 GCSE A3	scientific calculations and algebraic formula
y10 wk 22 & 23	25 Feb 2013	GCSE A4	linear and curved graphs
y10 wk 24 & 25	11 Mar 2013	GCSE SP3	averages and range

y10 wk 26 & 27	08 Apr 2013	GCSE GM3	units and measure
y10 wk 28 & 29	22 Apr 2013	GCSE SP4	histograms and charts
y10 wk 30 & 31	06 May 2013	GCSE GM4	circle theorems
y10 wk 32 & 33	20 May 2013	GCSE GM5	3D Shapes
y10 wk 34 & 35	10 Jun 2013	GCSE N6 GCSE N6F	using fractions & percentages disaster relief functional unit
y10 wk 36 & 37	24 Jul 2013	GCSE N7	upper & lower bounds and standard form
y10 wk 38 & 39	08 Jul 2013	GCSE GM6	proof and circle theorems

Unit 3 Year 11 (GCSE 2013 cohort)

weeks	date	unit	description
y11 wk 01 & 02	03 Sep 2012	GCSE A5	equations, inequalities & formula
y11 wk 03 & 04	17 Sep 2012	GCSE GM7	pythagoras & trigonometry
y11 wk 05 & 06	01 Oct 2012	GCSE A6	quadratics, factorising & algebraic fractions (unit 1 revision)
y11 wk 07 & 08	15 Oct 2012	. . .GCSE A7	Straight lines and curved graphs . .((

y11 wk 09	05 Nov 2012	Unit 1 Exam Papers	Exam re sits Unit 1
y11 wk 10 & 11	12 Nov 2012	GCSE A6 GCSE A7	quadratics, functions and their graphs
y11 wk 11 & 12	19 Nov 2012	GCSE A8	trial and improvement, simultaneous equations & inequaltities
y11 wk 13 & 14	03 Dec 2012	GCSE GM8	constructions, loci, similarity & congruence
y11 wk 15	17 Dec 2012	GCSE GMF	Functional Skills - design a bath bomb

y11 wk 16 & 17	07 Jan 2013	GCSE GM9 GCSE A9	transformations
y11 wk 18 & 19	21 Jan 2013	GCSE GM9+ GCSE A9+	direct & inverse proportion
y11 wk 20 & 21	04 Feb 2013	GCSE GM10 GCSE A10	vector algebra / simultaneous equations

y11 wk 22 & 23	25 Mar 2013	GCSE A11	advanced trigonometry
y11 wk 24 & 25			unit 2 resit
y11 wk 26 & 27			Unit 3 Mock

y11 wk 28 & 29			unit 3 revision
y11 wk 30 & 31			unit 3 revision
y11 wk 32 & 33			unit 3 revision

What will success at GCSE maths do for me?

the Poverty Site discusses the impact of qualifications on your chances of getting a job
what business leaders say about the importance of basic skills in numeracy and literacy: CBI education and skills survey 2008 report.
how skills in mathematics affect your earnings in the UK and in the US
career opportunities through skills in mathematics: mathscareers.org and in particular the maths careers leaflet
these benefits of higher levels of numeracy and disadvantages of low levels of numeracy will be life-long: "Among older adults with jobs, pay was less for those with low numeracy ... Analysis of work histories as a whole revealed that low numeracy, for both males and females, was related to the proportion of time spent out of work. In other words, people with low numeracy were more prone to spells not in work." (NDRChttp://www.nrdc.org.uk/publications_details.asp?ID=187 )